Chapter 260 Interesting Topic
After reaching an agreement with Luo Cheng, Hu Xiaoxiao started preparing for the new movie the next day. This time, with Dong Peiyu's assistance, she felt much more relaxed.
Dong Peiyu was a capable and quick-acting person. Following Hu Xiaoxiao's instructions, he went to the Starlight Cinema the next day and brought back more than 20 scripts.
"These are the scripts I picked out from the Starlight Films inventory. They are all relatively complete. I didn't want the others that were too scattered. Xiaoxiao, take a look and see if there is any suitable one." After Dong Peiyu sat down, she picked up the mineral water on the coffee table and drank half a bottle in one breath.
"Don't drink too much, have some sugar water later." Hu Xiaoxiao used the remote control to turn down the volume of the TV, then picked up a script and started reading.
"Are you making sweet water? You actually know how to make sweet water!" Dong Peiyu seemed to see the sun rising from the west. Hu Xiaoxiao didn't even boil water and usually drank bottled water. Today she was making sweet water?
Dong Peiyu quickly sniffed the air and didn't smell any sugar water. She ran to the kitchen and took a look, but there was no fire on.
The kitchen looked as new as if it had never been opened. I bought a whole set of kitchenware on the day I moved into the new house. Except for the pot and kettle I used to cook dumplings that day, the other kitchenware packaging had never been opened.
"Xiaoxiao, where is your sweet soup?" Dong Peiyu came out of the kitchen and asked.
Hu Xiaoxiao pointed upstairs and said, "Sister Xi is cooking. It's done. She said she'll bring it down when it's cool."
"You chose the right neighbor." But it's not a good idea to always eat your neighbor's food.
Hu Xiaoxiao usually eats either across the street or upstairs, or orders takeout.
Dong Peiyu shook her head. This wouldn't do. She said, "I'll find you an assistant tomorrow. Someone who can cook will be preferred. You can't eat at someone else's house every day. Besides, Mingxu is constantly filming and has no time to cook. Xijie's cooking focuses more on Mr. Xie's taste. Mr. Xie doesn't live here long. What if Xijie is on vacation and you're eating takeout? That's not good for your health."
Dong Peiyu considered Hu Xiaoxiao's work and future plans, which required a lot of manpower, so a personal assistant was a must. She had to help Hu Xiaoxiao with work matters, and was often away from home, so she couldn't take care of Hu Xiaoxiao's life.
Hu Xiaoxiao was a busy person who couldn't rest, so how could she have time to take care of the affairs of life? Dong Peiyu also didn't want such a beautiful and capable person like Hu Xiaoxiao to stay at home every day doing housework, making her hands rough. It was such a waste of talent.
Anyway, Hu Xiaoxiao is not short of money. If he can use money to live a comfortable life, then of course he should use money to solve the problem. Otherwise, what is the point of working so hard to make money?
"You have to know how to make soup." Hu Xiaoxiao agreed with Dong Peiyu's suggestion.
"I see. You also need to be able to cook different kinds of chicken." Dong Peiyu didn't rest. She rolled up her sleeves and went to the kitchen to wash the kettle, boiled a pot of water first, and then came out of the kitchen to help Hu Xiaoxiao choose the script.
When she got these scripts, she only took a quick look at them, and to be honest, she was not very satisfied.
Hu Xiaoxiao read several books but was still not satisfied.
It's not that there aren't good scripts. There are two excellent ones that are truly stunning, but they require major productions to pull off. Clearly, when the screenwriters wrote these two scripts, they were aiming for big investments and blockbusters.
It is estimated that it has been kept in the library because the investment is too high and they are afraid that they will not be able to make a profit.
Luo Cheng, the stingy guy, only gave her a million yuan investment. Although she could handle the other expenses, it would be difficult to get more money. Another point is that she didn't know much about the operation and personnel of Starlight Film Company, so she couldn't do a large-scale production for the time being.
Even though he liked these two scripts very much, Hu Xiaoxiao had no choice but to give up.
As for the script with low investment and good content, Starlight Films is not a fool. With such a good script that only requires very little investment, they would have filmed it themselves long ago. Why would they just throw it away as inventory?
"How about I go to Starlight Cinema tomorrow and ask the company's screenwriter if they have any new scripts?" Dong Peiyu said after putting down the script after reading it.
"No need, it's probably comparable to these." Hu Xiaoxiao's fingers picked out one from the scripts.
It's a script with an interesting subject matter, but the content isn't very good.
The original protagonist is a man, but that’s not a problem, just change him to a woman.
"You want to choose this one?" Dong Peiyu looked at the first one and said, "This script is not good. It's too crudely written, and the lines are not sophisticated enough. It's obviously the work of a novice screenwriter."
"New screenwriters have their own advantages. Although their skills are not good enough, their minds are fresh and their ideas are imaginative." Hu Xiaoxiao flipped through it again and said.
All right, the boss likes it, so Dong Peiyu said, "Then I'll find a capable veteran screenwriter to revise it, combining the newcomer's ideas with the veteran's writing skills."
Hu Xiaoxiao praised: "Yes, that's the idea. But where are you going to find a capable veteran screenwriter?"
"First, see if the old screenwriter of Starlight Film can help. If not, we can ask for external help." Dong Peiyu was already thinking about which screenwriter she had dealt with before and whether there was a suitable one.
It's a bit hard to find. A talented screenwriter won't even look at someone else's script, let alone rewrite it. If you've painstakingly written a work and then have to add someone else's name to it, your work is half-worth of what it was. If you don't, it becomes plagiarism, ruining your reputation and making it even less worthwhile.
Most of those who are willing to do it are newcomers, or those who are not doing well and need money. The problem is, if they are not doing well, it means that their scripts are not good. Can we trust such writers?
"I have a candidate, please find a way to help me recruit him."
"who?"
"Liang Jiafeng."
Dong Peiyu pondered for a moment and shook her head: "I've never heard of it. Which film company is it from?"
"From Ji's Film. Ji started making movies early and the company is teeming with talented people. But because Ji's is too stingy and the competition is fierce, many people are frustrated and there are many talented people hidden there." Liang Jiafeng is obviously one of the buried talents. Otherwise, a well-known screenwriter would not be willing to revise the script for others, let alone such a small job as revising a paragraph.
Dong Peiyu agreed with Hu Xiaoxiao's words. Ji's Films was truly a place of talent. Many celebrities in the film industry came from Ji's. Many famous stars, directors, and producers had worked at Ji's.
It’s just that Ji Sheng is really too stingy, which has led to the continuous exodus of talents, and also caused Ji’s films to be far worse than before. Almost all the stars who can carry the company’s box office have been poached.
Companies are only willing to hire people who are famous and have produced works, while those who are not yet famous and have not had the opportunity to produce works have a harder time. Some people don’t even know they have such abilities.
"Do you know Liang Jiafeng?" Dong Peiyu asked.
"I don't know him."
"Then how do you know this person can do it?"
"I've read a script he adapted for Xia Lu, a script that even director Qi Weiming couldn't put down."
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